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ArchiveWhat is the UDF
… 1983 at Khotso House, Johannesburg. Discussing history and the background of the United Democratic Front from the … time it was established, the meaning of…
ArchiveSome Factors Relating to Squatter Settlements in Durban: Paper presented at National Conference 1979
… 1979 discussing human rights, squatter areas, Malukazi and Clermont: two squatter areas, forced removals, urban settlement, land ownership, demographics and…
Distribution of United Democratic Front media
… Transvaal regarding the United Democratic Front media and how many copies they want of United Democratic Front Update, News, Isizwe Journal, Pamphlets and…
ArchiveDistribution of United Democratic Front media
… near Pretoria regarding the United Democratic Front media and how many copies they want of United Democratic Front Update, News, Isizwe Journal, Pamphlets…
ArchiveOpen letter to Perkine
… struggle of the peoples of South Africa against apartheid and imperialism is essentially similar to the one eaged by the people of Angola against colonial…
ArchiveAZASM: from amidst the ashes shall arise a new nation
… White background with red and black; artwork of iamge of Steve Biko behind flag of the … Peoples' Organisation (AZAPO); words below this: Build and defend…
ArchiveMinutes of NWEC Meeting, 11 - 15 April 1989
… of South African women, progress reports of Malibongwe and Dakar, emancipation in the context of constitutional guidelines, and children. …
ArchiveSouth African Labour Bulletin Volume 4 Number 4 July 1978
… in South Africa. It is a forum for analysing, debating and recording the aims and activities of this movement. This issue focuses on …
PlaceAngra das Voltas, Luderitz Bay- Namibia
… bay on 24 April 1884 to the German Imperial Government, and on the following 7 August Chancellor Otto von Bismarck proclaimed a German protectorate over the…
PlaceMaitland
… railway line that runs through the middle of this Suburb and the N1 that is situated on its Northern boundary. The … of about 10 000 people, made up mostly…
EventThe Afrikaans Protestant Church, a breakaway faction of Dutch Reformed Church, is formed
… major fear of the DRC`s changed perspective on the unity and diversity of the church, other concerns that led to the … included the continuing influence of…
EventSouth African Students Movement leaders meet to plan protest action against the implementation of Afrikaans
… made up of two representatives from each school to plan and coordinate the protest march. During the early hours, on … of approximately 20 000 learners in…
PlaceNational Botanic Gardens, Pretoria
… experimental purposes, owing partly to its isolation and also to the presence of an abundance of poison leaf ( … October 1958. It now contains one of the…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki establishes a commission of inquiry to probe alleged illicit activities on the UN's Iraq oil-for-food programme
… of the commission report were first published in the media and created misconceptions about its true content. Deputy … Mothlante, Human Settlement Minister,…
EventRobert Sobukwe is sentenced to three years’ imprisonment
… Founding member and president of the Pan Africanist Congress , Robert … thereby deliberately courting arrest. Sobukwe was arrested and sentenced, but refused…
EventTafari Makonnen proclaimed Emperor Haile Selassie I of Ethiopia
… known as Abyssinia) by transforming its government and institutions from a feudal system into a constitutional monarchy, as well as opposing and resisting…
EventThe first hijacking of a South African Airways plane takes place
… tri-jet, the Letaba, en route from Durban to Johannesburg and Salisbury. The Letaba, which was carrying fifty-four … "The aircraft actually took off from…
EventP. W. Botha refutes possibility of Black majority rule
… At the height of mass revolt in the country and world condemnation, President P.W. Botha rules out any … the stark reality has dawned that apartheid has…
EventBartholomew Dias, Portuguese discoverer of the Cape of Good Hope, drowns at sea
… coast, landing in among other places present-day Angola and Walvis Bay, Namibia. During this voyage, strong winds … forced him to sail over a thousand…
EventA vagrant from Johannesburg, Tim Singiswa on a one
… Singiswa, a vagrant from Johannesburg, protests on his own and draws more interest than the questions of the advocates … have stopped the trial of the 22…
EventFormer NP leader Sam de Beer joins UDM
… the National Party (NP) in Gauteng, Sam de Beer, resigned and joined the United Democratic Movement (UDM), led by former NP colleague Roelf Meyer and Bantu…
EventEbola virus kills 153 people in Zaire
… that kills its host by attacking the lining of the cells and coagulating the blood in the human body.. This virus is … in 1976. It is thought that bats…
EventFormer South African Prime Minister, P.W Botha, dies
… Former SA prime minister and later State President from 1978 to 1989, Pieter Willem … presidential position to the then minister of education and South…
EventArthur Conan Doyle, medic during the Second Anglo, is born
… on the war called The War in South Africa: Its Causes and Conduct, which responded to all the charges levelled … war. Doyle defended the British position in…
EventSouth Africa’s first democratic elections end as counting begins
… on 29 April in Venda, Gazankulu, Lebowa, KwaZulu, Transkei and Ciskei. The African National Congress(ANC) under the … Congress(PAC) won 243 478 of the…
EventEleven African demonstrators are shot dead by Rhodesian police in Salisbury
… (UDI). British influence in Southern Rhodesia ended, and Smith entered into strategic alliances with South Africa and the last two colonial governments on…
EventCyril Ramaphosa is born
… Cyril Ramaphosa, South Africa's former political and trade union activist was born in Johannesburg. He was one … Free State. Here he became Deputy President…
EventGoldstone Commission investigate the Bisho Massacre
… Defence Force for trying its best to cause as many deaths and injuries as possible. The commission dismissed Gqozo's … that the strongest possible action be…
ArchiveVuyisile Mini: commemoration rally
… Black, red, yellow and white poster. Notice of commemoration rally to celebrate … years of COSATU. Photograph of Vuyisile Mini. COSATU, SACP and ANC logos…
Documents of the National Fundraising Workshop held on 14 - 20 March, 1986, at the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College, Tanzania
… 1986, at the Solomon Mahlangu Freedom College in Tanzania and where strategies and re-structuring were discussed. Includes declarations by …